FORMER England star Dominic Cork has admitted he could pull the rug from under Glamorgan’s Twenty20 Cup campaign by recalling on-loan paceman Simon Jones.

Hampshire captain Cork has allowed Jones to rejoin his former county for a month, with the former England paceman struggling to break into the Hawks’ squad.

Jones (pictured inset, right) has so far had mixed success in his two games at Glamorgan, with an expensive over and a dropped catch proving costly in Tuesday night’s defeat to Essex. But two nights later Jones showed his worth with a quality spell of reverse-swing bowling which helped see off division leaders Sussex.

That thrilling two-run victory put Glamorgan back into contention for a top-four place and qualification from a competitive South Group ahead of today’s trip to Somerset (3.10pm).

But now Cork – whose side sit in second place four points above Glamorgan but having played a game more – has warned the Dragons that Hampshire could still exercise the release clause in Jones’ loan deal.

“He is on 24-hour recall and if we feel we need him back he’ll come straight back,” said Cork.

“He goes for a month but he is allowed to come back if we’ve got injuries – and Simon is one of the best bowlers in this form of the game.”

Explaining Jones’ failure to break into the Hawks’ T20 side on a consistent basis, Cork added: “He is part of our squad and is probably in the 13 that we pick every day for Twenty 20.

“But we won five out of five and you can’t drop anybody. The teams stays the same when it’s winning. He’s desperate to play and to say to him, ‘You’re going to travel around the country with us and not play’ is difficult.

“So it’s right for him to go back to Glamorgan, whether it’s one game, two games or the whole month.

“That is just good for the game of cricket because you’ll never get a more dedicated man to getting himself back to fitness. He has worked really hard.

“He has struggled with a few injuries, but it’s great to see him playing again.” Jones is part of a 13-man Dragons squad determined to keep the heat on the top four in Taunton today.

James Harris – who was set to have a Swalec League run-out for Ynysygerwn against Cardiff yesterday – misses out again.

But the 21-year-old England Lions paceman has been included in a 12-man squad for the Championship game with Derbyshire, which starts in Cardiff tomorrow.

Harris has not played for Glamorgan since the championship defeat of Middlesex at Lord’s towards the end of May.